Blood Covenant Read Exodus 24:1-8 The Hebrew word for covenant, (ber-eeth) means ‘to eat’ or ‘to cut’. This involved eating a sacrificial meal and the cutting of the flesh of an animal or the shedding of its blood. The Hebrew word (Khaw-bar) means ‘to join’ or ‘to have fellowship with’. This comes from an ancient Semitic word where the Arab and Nomad people became blood brothers by cutting their wrists of the hand, the blood ran into a cup and was mixed with wine and drank, signifying a ‘blood covenant’. Isaiah 49:16 “Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.”
Covenants
Covenants
Abrahamic Covenant Read Genesis 12:1-3 “Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee; And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make they name great: and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse them that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.” What was required of Abram under this covenant? What was God going to do if Abram obeyed? You will find this concept: “If you will….